Fireflies (2004): Season 1, Episode 19 - Closing In - full transcript
Perry's moved into the mud brick house and Lill is happy about that-or is she? During a drunken phone call with Perry's ex-wife, Lill realises her relationship may really be over. Then the unravelling starts as her happiness turns and reality starts closing in. Can she live without Perry? It's another hot day and a fire has started in the Tuza State forest. Fifi learns that Fire Control Officer Bryce Austin will do everything he can to save Fox Cove, including putting his own house at risk. Meanwhile Mike is closing in on Svettie and Sharpie's dope crop. He's torn between being the cop and living in a small country town where he has become familiar with the residents. It's a fine line and Mike is still an outsider. But a secret is out about Mike and his world is about to close in on him too.
- You actually crossed out nursery
and changed it to study?
You know, I just realized
all I've thought about
since we got here is having kids.
And I didn't believe you
when you finally said no.
Now I know.
- I don't know what I was thinking.
You're not up to this, darling.
- No, I am, I am.
- Look, I'll
give you your money back.
- No!
- You're no good
to your kids in jail.
This is a huge risk for 50 grand.
- Wanna step out the car for a sec?
- Doin' a bit of gardenin' have we, ay?
- We just been showin'
svettie some shootin' spots.
Mate of mine needs some roo's culled.
- Australia's banned shooting.
- Yeah.
- What you shoot with the rotary hoe?
- No, no my mate borrowed it,
I'm just bringin' it back.
- Ah I still miss him.
- You'll miss him even
more if I sell this land.
What's left of him is here.
- Jesus, what's a bloke supposed to do.
It's my one chance to
get out of the shop.
- And they all lived
happily ever after.
- Harry tells me you're just finished
drawing another children's book.
- When did he mention that?
In between you bitching about
taz and asking for more money?
- My husband is here.
- Is he?
♪ I have to pinch myself to feel ♪
♪ if what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves we steal ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine, a loaf
of bread and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket underneath
that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
- Hello?
- Hi, Janine it's lil.
Hello, Janine.
How lovely it is to hear your voice.
- What do you want, lil?
- What the hell did you do to Perry?
- What?
- Why doesn't he wanna
have anymore kids?
Cat got your tongue?
- Right, Perry told me.
- Told you what?
- That you've split up.
- He told you that?
- He was upset.
- Go away.
- You been drinking?
Janine just called.
- Oh, of course she did.
I can't believe you told her.
- Oh here we go.
- You make me sick Perry.
- You've just bloody wacked me.
- Get out.
♪ Gonna sit myself down ♪
♪ and write you a love letter ♪
♪ gonna dream all the time ♪
♪ when my life is better ♪
Hi you've phoned lil, Perry
lives somewhere else.
♪ This is my only friend ♪
♪ this is my only friend ♪
- Hey.
- I thought you said you're
gonna make me breakfast?
- I know, a big fires broken
out in the state forest.
- Hey, did you speak to your mum again?
- No.
I reckon you're my family now.
- Does that mean you're thinking
about becoming a Burke?
- Get some rest before you go
into the station, alright?
- Yeah, yeah I'll just go
in and see what's goin' on.
- All right?
- Hey as if you wouldn't.
- See ya.
- Bye.
- Moss
river captain this firecom,
are you there?
Moss river captain.
- Firecom lost river captain, blue.
- Bakka,
tuza forest has gone up
but tuza is already on the scene.
They're requesting further assistance.
Can you send two trucks?
- Yep, copy that.
- There's just no bloody
moisture in the air.
- Yeah, shh, shh.
- Tuza one blue.
- Tuza one
this is firecom, go ahead.
- Tell
lost river to get here
as soon as possible.
We may also need another brigade.
Copy that tuza one,
I'll page ingram.
Firecom clear.
- Okay well we'll send two crews out.
Patto can you take the count one.
How many we got?
- This is it man.
- What about Louisa?
- She's waterin' our
veggies, she can do tonight.
- Well has anyone seen don't argue?
I'll take that as a no.
Jesus Christ, what's the point
of having 45 active members
if none of them show up.
Okay, let's go, let's go.
- Patto, you go.
I'm gonna stay and get a
second crew together.
- Yeah hey, bakka.
Listen, I'm all right for today
but I've got a big job on up
north for a couple of months.
I gotta get going tomorrow.
- What do you mean?
Patto you can't go tomorrow.
- Sorry bakka, I need the money.
- Yeah I know you do but mate,
this is gonna be a big one.
Can't you give them a call and explain?
What if the fire comes to lost river?
- I can't lose my job.
- Firecom this is lost river one.
- Go
ahead lost river one.
- Traveling out with a crew of five.
Oic in-
- Can you go out?
- No I've just come back from work,
I'll come in later if you want.
- Oh yeah I really need a hand here.
- No I can't, I need home for a kip.
- Yep Dave.
- Joey can you answer that phone, mate?
- In about half an hour, bakka.
- Yep.
- I'm goin' as fast as I can.
- Well where are ya?
- I'm at work.
- Could you get the fire phone, Fifi?
- Fox cove firecom.
- There's a fire
heading towards our place.
- Yep, what's the address.
- 16 banksy
drive, wollombi creek.
- Got another fire at wollombi creek.
- We'll page every brigade,
put them on standby.
And get some coms people in here.
- Now based on the
information from tuza,
we think it's here.
- Where's the new fire, Fifi?
- They're saying it's
at wollombi creek.
So it's just down this track.
- All right don't send ingram
to the perty trigg fires,
send him to the new
fire at wollombi creek.
I'll get fox cove to join them.
Do we have the latest weather forecast?
- Yeah.
- Yeah it's not looking too good.
I don't like the look of
this here north of ingram.
We might need to get some
air support I think.
- Expected to reach 40 degrees,
north westerlies are on their way.
At 60 k's per hour.
- Lost river or tuza, yeah?
- It's patto here.
- Hey mate.
- Give a state obstacle.
- We've got a problem.
- Lost river ones on the scene.
They're trying to get another
crew out on the cat 7.
Okay doke mate.
- It's 9
am and it's 36 degrees.
The temperatures expected to
climb to 41 degrees today.
And there is a total fire
ban in most of the state.
- G'day.
- I hope you weren't following
me, constable Jones.
- You left your bag on the back.
- Well I don't think anyone's
gonna Nick it, do you?
- You didn't have your
helmet on sharpie.
- Mike, I was just practicing
up and down the drive.
- Yeah righto.
Just, reminder, make
sure you wear it ay?
- Righto.
- Was there something else, constable?
- Those friends Hank had
up a couple of weeks ago,
the rabbit hunting friends.
Well, Chris towsen fly,
I think his name was.
He got picked up, yeah down
in Sydney for ram raiding.
Anyway I just thought you should know.
- Yeah, thanks mate.
- Hey.
- Hello.
- Svettie, how are ya?
- Svettie.
- Yeah, hi, hi sharpie.
I have to talk to you.
I have to harvest now.
- Copy that, yeah I'm on my way.
- We have to do it.
- It's not worth the risk.
- There is no choice.
There is no choice.
- It's not worth the risk
until the birds come in-
- I'm really sorry, I've gotta go.
- Next time, ay?
- Okay.
See you later.
- Bye.
- Yep, we're sorting it
out as fast as we can.
Yep.
- You gonna be all right.
- You are goin' to have to do something
they're all asking the same questions.
- Yeah.
Do you think you can manage that?
- I need to get some sleep.
- Well go and have a
kip in the bunk room.
- Lost river rfs.
- Railway station here.
- Hi, it's Ron rigby calling.
I live up on fox cove road.
- Yeah g'day rob, it's bakka here mate.
- Just thought I'd let ya know,
there's a lot of smoke in the area.
- Yeah well fires pretty well contained
in the state forest for now.
- Lost river this is firecom.
- Yeah hold on, rob.
- Firecom, lost river.
- Have you organized
that second crew yet?
- Yeah I'm just on my way out now.
- Send them out but Bryce
wants you to stay put
and organize a couple
of crews for tonight.
- Oh okay copy that, what's
it look like out there?
- We're gonna need
everyone you've got.
Firecom clear.
- Ah yeah, Brian.
- Yeah mate?
- Can you tell don't argue
to take the cat seven out
without me, he's in charge.
Sorry rob.
- Yeah, right well I
think it might've jumped
because it's a lot of smoke
and the wind is pretty strong out here.
- Mate you are nowhere near the fire.
Okay look, I'm gonna organize
a meeting at the BOLO.
To let everyone know what
information I've got.
Can you let everyone know that you can?
- Yeah righto.
- Okay, thanks mate.
Joey.
No, no don't worry about that.
Can you leg it down to the BOLO?
Set it up for a meeting?
- Yeah.
- Grab some pamphlets on the way out.
- Oh yeah.
- Tell everyone that you see
and maybe let Mike Jones know
as well on the radio station.
- Hi, you've phoned lil.
Perry lives somewhere else.
- Lil, I'm just tryna put a
crew together for tonight.
We're gonna need you.
Fire's poppin' up all over the place
and it's not lookin' great.
There's also a meeting
at the BOLO at mid day.
It'd be really good,
well it'd be really good
if you could get there.
Okay, bye.
- This is lost river 15.
I'm at Katherine field.
It's a vacant lot.
There's nothin' here.
Do you have any more
information for me?
Negative on that one.
That's all we've got.
- Have you an informant on the job?
- Hey guess what Mike?
It's anonymous, I'm sorry.
Typical isn't it?
- Right.
That's all right.
All the time in the
world, just drive around.
Nothing else to do.
C'mon.
C'mon.
C;Mon I'll take on the lot of ya.
- G'day bakka.
- Hey Jeff.
- How bad is it?
- Haven't got a good feeling in my gut.
- You might wanna know,
I've sold the land.
To twelve green developments.
- Is this a good time to tell me that?
- You should also know
I'll be putting the money
into a trust for your children.
- What do you want?
Do you expect em to be grateful?
- I'm doing it for your own good.
You'll thank me one day.
- Yeah what about Joey,
is Joey gonna thank you?
- They'll be a third to him
as long as there's a DNA test
for the baby.
- I can't talk to you about
this right now, uncle Jeff.
- Perry?
- You need a
break from all this.
- You need a break.
- I don't mean from you,
I mean you and me together.
We need a break.
Day, night, you and me.
Wipe the slate clean.
No past lives.
No more talk about babies.
Just you and me.
We need to discover each other again.
You know?
Just go with it, see
where it takes us okay?
- Look, this could be it.
Now there's no way we're gonna hold 'em
and with those winds they may join up.
If they do it'll move into fox cove
and then maybe do the
whole bloody area.
- Could everybody shut up?
- Or if you don't have
to be in here, move out.
Don't make me get ugly guys.
- You already are, boss.
- All right we've got five
hours to three o'clock.
The strategies we put into place now
are working towards that danger period.
Fifi if you get onto state
operations about the aircraft.
We've got three fires with
a potential linking up.
- Four.
We've got four fires.
There's one by tuza road.
- Jeez it's hot isn't it?
- Don't come round tomorrow
he's figured somethings up.
- What happens
if the fire comes at us
from three directions?
Like it did in '83?
- In those circumstances,
a section 44 may be declared.
Now for those of you who don't know.
Section 44 comes from
the rural fires act.
It would be declared if the fire
got beyond the control
of all of the brigades
in the fox cove area.
Now that's not likely to happen
but if it does, it means
we'll start to see resources
from all over the state
come in and help us.
But like I say, these are
all just precautions.
I'm just letting you know
of the possibilities.
The seriousness of the situation.
Stay informed.
Listen to the radio for local reports.
Drop into the station, give us a call.
Anything that'll put your mind at ease.
Speak to one another,
act as a community.
Okay are there any more questions?
Yep.
No?
All right well, thanks for coming.
Listen to the radio.
- You've gotta wait,
they won't be ready yet.
- I have to talk to ya Mike.
- Okay.
- Svettie, what's goin' on?
Why's Mike following you around?
- Because I wear a skirt.
- What?
- He chases skirts, any skirts.
- What?
Mike?
- He's had half the women in town.
- How come you never told me that?
- Because I thought
you've heard the rumors.
That's why eris tried to shoot fugley.
- What?
- 'Cause he found out she
was sleeping with someone.
- Does eris know that?
- No.
But I think Fran bell's husband knows
and Marlene definitely does.
- Svettie?
- Yah?
I've gotta go, I'll be back later.
- Bakka, got somethin' for ya.
- Oh where's q when you need him ay?
- You better get out there
and stop that fire mate.
I don't want my lawn gettin' burned.
If you know what I mean.
- Fee,
can you get my wife on the line please?
- I've got a weather
forecast update, Bryce.
There's northwesterly winds
comin' in at 60 k's.
- Hello.
- Hey mrs Austin,
it's Fifi. - Oh hi.
- Yeah Bryce wants a word with you.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Yeah Angie, things
aren't looking too good.
You might like to start putting
some things in the car.
No, no that won't be safe enough.
Fi, if you just shut the door please?
Yeah I'm not too sure.
- Joey.
Joey.
- What are you tryin'
to wake me up for.
- I need my keys.
- What?
- My keys to the cruiser.
- They're on the table, sharpie.
- Thanks mate.
- I thought you were
gonna get some sleep?
- They're predicting a southwesterly.
- When?
- Sometime tomorrow.
- Fires gonna come
straight at lost river.
- Yeah, correct.
- Be all right if we a back
burn in the cathedrals.
But you're gonna have to
stay here tonight mate.
You're not gonna be able to go to work.
Can you go over to lil's place?
She's not answering,
tell her we need her.
Now would be good.
- Yep.
- Lost
river 15 there is a report
of some suspicious
activity near deep creek.
If you could check burnin' fires.
- Lost river 15, is there
any informant on that job?
Negative on that one,
anonymous informant again.
- Ta.
Bloody waste of time.
- Hey lil.
- Hey, hi.
- You okay?
- I took a couple sleeping
tablets last night,
I feel a bit woozy.
Perry.
Sorry.
- First rule of fight club,
never talk about fight club.
Perry, how's it goin'?
- Shit actually.
- See you both later.
- Right, well I better get back.
All right well, just come up
to the station if you want.
Reckon it's gonna be a long night.
- I don't wanna talk to you, lil.
- Aw Perry, I'm so sorry.
- About what?
- About your nose, I didn't
think I hit you that hard.
I feel a bit sick.
- I'm not really feeling
anything at the moment.
- So clear aren't you?
- I've been through this before.
♪ I'm on a foggy highway ♪
♪ I'm on a lonely road ♪
♪ I can't see the way ahead ♪
♪ I'm on a highway ♪
♪ I'm on a lonely road ♪
♪ I'm alone and alone with this world ♪
- Aw svettie.
- Lost river 15,
prosecutors from fox cove
court require you urgently
to give evidence in a
domestic violence matter.
- Copy that fox cove command,
I'll be there in about 40 minutes.
I'm presently on a patrol
in the deep creek area.
Copy that lost river 15,
can you return there after
your court appearance, please?
- Copy that.
- It's three o'clock, it's
gonna jump somewhere.
- Is your house organized, Bryce?
- All right we've got wollombi creek,
perty trigg, talbert.
It's heading for the tuza road.
This is an area of concern here.
- Firecom's lost river.
- We need to back burn this area
- lost river go ahead.
- But I don't think we'll
be able to get in there
till tonight. -
What are we doin'
about the south westerly?
- We're tryna organize
a burn at ingram.
- What about the cathedrals?
- Negative on that back burn.
Not until we get permission.
- No can do, bakka.
- The area of concern
right now is fox cove.
We've got 24 hours
before they change. - What?
- The fires no where near lost river.
We'll probably be sending you out
near ingram later this evening.
- Copy that.
- Cheers mate.
Don't know about about lil.
- They're not gonna let us
back burn the cathedrals.
- What?
- Too busy worrying about fox cove.
- Well it'll be slow.
Probably end up burnin'
Jeff's bloody land anyway.
- You haven't spoken to
uncle Jeff, have you?
He's sold the land.
- What?
- He's putting the money
in trusts for our kids.
Yeah I know it's not right.
- Not right?
Who the hell does he think he is?
Bypass us and give it to our kids.
- I know.
- Sucker me into it
when I didn't want anything
to do with it anyway.
Jesus Christ he makes me sick.
He thinks my kid is gonna be
some better version of me.
He doesn't even know it yet.
- I know.
Wants you to do a DNA test as well.
- Well he can have his bloody money
and shove it up his arse.
And I hope you told him that too.
- You're worried about the test?
- Oh man, you really
don't get it do you?
- Oh don't pull the
principle shit with me.
I mean Jesus, it's not that big a deal.
Okay?
So our kids will get some money.
- You know what?
You're exactly like him.
You're 36 and you're still
waiting for that bloody land
or any other little handout
you can get from Jeff.
You can't even stand
on your own two feet.
You're tragic.
- You know what,
I should have insisted
you get some sleep.
- Yeah and what's your excuse?
Firecom lost river one red.
- Lost river one go ahead.
The perty trigg fire
isn't holding.
Looks like it's gonna join
up with the talbert fire.
- Copy that.
- Right, just don't talk to me
unless it's the captain of lost river
talkin' to a deputy captain.
- Hello.
- Hey.
Lil, where've you been?
We need you to-
- I didn't know where else to go.
- No hey, that's all right.
People have been comin' to
the station for that reason
for years.
So just...
You all right?
- Not yet but I'm going
to be a gay divorcee.
- Well I'm sure the only man
who's gonna be upset about that
is gonna be Perry.
I mean...
- No.
- That you are...
Yeah you know what I mean.
We got a southwesterly comin'.
- Right so we're off to do a back burn.
- No, firecom won't let us.
They want us to do a back
burn near ingram first.
- Well what use is that to us?
- They're wasting their bloody time.
- We gotta higher priority
on the ingram burn.
And Bryce reckons we've got 24 hours
before we have to worry
about lost river.
- Hi, what are we doing?
Where are we goin'?
- Just take it easy, Ali, all right?
- Look I need some more drippy,
it's bloody hot out there.
- There ya go, you can get us
some more drip torch fuel.
- Rightyo.
- Hey listen, patto, we're
gonna need you mate.
I know it's a big ask but can
you tell them you'll be there
in a couple of days?
- I'll think about it.
- Thank you.
You all right lil?
- Course she's right, why
wouldn't she be all right?
- Okay well lil, Joey, Ali,
Gary you come with me.
- Should I go out in the cat 7.
- Deputy captain Joey
Burke will come with me.
Mark, you take the cat 7
with the rest of the crew.
Firecom will tell us where to go
but we'll probably be separated
so just make sure you
assess the situation first
before you go in.
- Good luck mate.
- Ta.
- Lost river one,
firecom are you traveling?
- Lost river one firecom.
Yeah Fifi, we're on our way.
- Firecom, clear.
- Winds aren't helping.
You know we need the cool
down so we can get out there
and back burn.
- That was fox cove one.
Wollombi creek is in trouble.
All right take the
resources off tuza road
and send them to wollombi creek.
We'll use the river as a
containment line here.
- What about the house in that area.
- Do we need
to send someone over there
to get them out?
- It's his house.
I thought the motto of
the rural fire services
was to not lose any houses.
- I'm not going to.
- You just put your house at risk.
- It's a calculated risk Fifi,
we have to focus all our
resources on fox cove.
Right now it's one house, any
minute it could be 500 houses.
- Yeah but you can't give up.
- Has LAVON croy sent
that strike team up yet?
- They can't mate, they're
fightin' their own fire.
- You wouldn't be doing this,
if it wasn't your house.
Can't we just leave
one appliance there.
The fire might not jump again
and if it does they can
get out if they need to.
We can leave janderberg there.
- Commissioner's on the phone.
- All right.
- Dave, have a look at this.
Okay this is what we've got I
don't think it's gonna hold.
- Brian.
- Yes mate.
- Have a look at this.
This is the end of the day.
Just gonna have to wait for the
chopper to come back, yeah?
Okay everyone, listen up
we're not in panic mode yet
but the break they burnt today
is not quite wide enough
and the fires catching up.
They're worried it's
topping into the trees
over the fire break.
The choppers been over this side.
He's gone to refuel and he'll come back
give us another situation report.
We could end up caught
between a couple of fires.
With any luck that won't happen.
With any luck, it'll cool down.
We can get out there and
do some back burning.
Put your helmet on lil.
So for now, we've just gotta sit tight.
And wait to be given the order.
Simple as that.
Is that understood?
- I know MacKenzie's been out
but we should probably just check on
how much water everyone's got.
- Yeah right, Brian?
- About a quarter tank.
- Dave?
- Yeah we're full.
- Okay.
Well let's transfer some water
from Edward to MacKenzie to start with.
Get amongst it.
Give 'em a hand will ya?
- Anyone heard from janderberg
on tuza road, lately?
- No we haven't.
- Temperatures down
but it's still about 38 and
the winds are picking up.
- Right.
Firecom fox cove one,
red, red, red.
- Fox cove one go ahead.
- Fire
crossing the containment line.
We can't hold it here.
- Take jandenberg off tuza road.
- Copy that fox cove one.
We're gonna get jandenberg
brigade out to you.
Copy that firecom.
- Jandenberg one this is firecom.
Firecom this is jandenberg one
if we pull out of tuza road now,
we're gonna lose this house.
- Copy that jandenberg one,
you'll have to lose it.
So we'll use the river
as a containment line.
We need you at wollombi creek now.
Copy that firecom.
- Firecom lost river one, blue.
- Firecom, go ahead lost river one.
- Request for mission to a
back burn in the cathedrals.
If the ingram burn is aborted.
Over.
- Negative lost river one.
Firecom clear.
- Firecom lost river one blue.
- Bakka you don't know what's going on.
Just stand by.
- When that south westerly hits
the fire is gonna head
directly for lost river Fifi.
- Unless you wanna be
taken off the fire gun
you will do as you're told.
You understand lost river one?
- Yeah copy that.
- Firecom clear.
- We said we'd give it a year.
- I said two.
God whoever said this
was a simple life?
- What about yesterday morning.
- Lil?
- The mist was rising
up from the- - what you doin'?
- Our kids would
probably get lost in it
and missed on the way home from school.
- Lil.
- Hey, leave her alone mate.
Lil, c'mon.
- Confirming
the fires coming up both sides
of those grooves.
Road outta there is
gonna be blocked soon.
- Right copy that firebird 242.
- Who's sitting in here?
- Lost river, atwood and MacKenzie.
- Get them out.
- Where's Joey?
Ah.
Hey Dave, have you got everyone?
- Yeah.
- Ryan what about you?
- Yeah right we're all on.
- Okay.
Let's get outta here.
Okay let's get out of here.
Jesus Christ.
- Fox cove and jandenberg
held the wollombi creek
containment line.
Moving jandenberg did the trick then.
You were right.
You okay, Bryce?
- Yeah I'm fine.
- For Christ sake Bryce.
- What fi?
What would you have done?
We held the south end of the fire
and we bought 12 hours.
We can survive through the night
until the strike teams get here.
Can you give state ops a call
and then you may as well go home.
- I'm fine here with you.
- No we don't know how
long this is gonna last.
You need some rest.
- Do you want me to go and
see your wife for you?
- No.
See ya.
- I'm so sorry.
- Section 44, it's gotten serious.
- Oh I could've told you
that this afternoon.
All four fires have joined up.
That south westerly hits,
firecom is gonna have to concentrate
on lost river.
- How long do you reckon we've got?
- All that hazard reduction
we did up at hungry hill
will give us a bit of time.
- Yeah so we can get out
there tomorrow afternoon
and assess the situation.
It's pretty good.
- I should probably go and
check on the trails we cut.
- Yeah there's gonna be a lot
of people stressing out.
- So we're all gonna have to
pull together on this one, ay?
- Yep.
- Hey bakka, I've talked to my boss.
He's okay for me to stick
around for a few more days.
- Good on ya patto.
- You okay fif?
- Yeah.
I'm not.
Bryce lost his house today.
- Oh.
- He was just sitting
there barking out orders
while he lost everything.
- Oh shit.
- Yeah.
- Did it work?
- Yeah it bought us a few extra hours.
What would you have
done and you were Bryce
and that was me at home alone?
- I reckon I'd leave heaven for you fi.
- Maybe I should stay
here with you tonight.
'Cause you probably have
to go out again soon, ay?
Okay.
- Think they want us right down here.
- It's the same bloody fire grid.
- Got over about 100 snacks
or do you blokes need a feed?
- Oh good on you mate.
- Fire up the Barbie?
- Yeah thanks.
- Hey bek, you seen svettie?
- Yeah, yeah she's comin'.
- Oh good.
- Hey dad.
- Hey darling.
Hey partner.
- We were worried.
- Don't worry everything's
gonna be all right.
Hi.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Fire's gonna come to lost river.
I mean, it's only a question of when
and how well prepared we are
but I'm gonna check the houses
you okay?
- Huh?
- Svettie what is it?
You can tell me?
- That was my hero.
- Hey.
- Fee, what the hell happened today?
- Bakka, Bryce lost his house today.
While you were at ingram hassling us.
Yeah, he didn't have any man power.
So he uses the river next to his house
as a containment line.
- I'da thought the fire would know
how to steer clear of the
fire control officers house.
- I don't think this fire
knows the rule book Doug.
- So fif what's the latest.
- Okay.
- You okay lil?
- The fires have all joined up here.
And the north westerlies are
pushing them towards fox cove.
- So what about us?
- We'll have to wait and see.
- Which way is it going
to hit lost river?
- If it jumps here-
- Which it will do
when the southwesterly comes.
- It'll go through the cathedral's
and up towards lost river.
- Which is hwy you have to get
us into cathedrals tomorrow.
- Look bakka, it's not up to me.
- What's the chance of it
getting into deep creek?
- After what I saw today I
think anythings possible.
- Just like it was sort of back
burnin' up towards the road.
- Really?
- Like all these spiders
were comin' out and-
- catch you later.
- I suppose bakka told you
that I've sold the land.
- Yeah and my kid doesn't
need that money, thanks.
- I take it that means you do
have a doubt about the child?
- Nah, no doubt uncle Jeff.
The only doubt I got
is about my family.
You know what?
You both have got nothing I want.
- He'll be back for it.
- No he won't.
You know, I see you with my kids.
And I can see that
you're a human being.
- You don't have any
tomato sauce, bakka?
- Yeah ginge, I'll just
check for you mate.
- Yeah thanks mate.
- Svettie I've been tryna
catch up with you all day.
And I mean all day.
- Now is not a good time.
- Mike can I have a word with you?
- Stay away from my wife.
- You've got the wrong idea, mate.
- I know what you're doin' mate.
I won't tell you again,
stay away from my wife.
- Bakka, if I were you,
I'd keep my eye on her.
You need to protect her.
She's her own worst enemy.
- Who wants this?
You gotta breathe lil.
In one, two, three.
Out one, two, three.
Slow down.
C'mon it's okay.
In one, two, three.
Listen to me lil.
Slow down.
Okay.
We're all gonna stay here tonight.
Probably have to go out
again soon anyway.
- I don't know if I can.
Ever wanted to be something else?
Feel if I can put my hand
up there, I can grab it.
If I close my eyes and
just see it all.
- C'mon.
Food's back there.
- You go, I'll be there in a minute.
- Okay.
♪ We're chasin' ♪
♪ a beautiful rainbow ♪
♪ our story hasn't been told ♪
♪ it takes rain to make a rainbow ♪
♪ takes a sun dyin' to
turn the world gold ♪
♪ the days run ♪
♪ outside my window ♪
♪ like wild horses across the plain ♪
♪ fireflies dance in the shadows ♪
♪ love don't shine steady
it waxes and waves ♪
and changed it to study?
You know, I just realized
all I've thought about
since we got here is having kids.
And I didn't believe you
when you finally said no.
Now I know.
- I don't know what I was thinking.
You're not up to this, darling.
- No, I am, I am.
- Look, I'll
give you your money back.
- No!
- You're no good
to your kids in jail.
This is a huge risk for 50 grand.
- Wanna step out the car for a sec?
- Doin' a bit of gardenin' have we, ay?
- We just been showin'
svettie some shootin' spots.
Mate of mine needs some roo's culled.
- Australia's banned shooting.
- Yeah.
- What you shoot with the rotary hoe?
- No, no my mate borrowed it,
I'm just bringin' it back.
- Ah I still miss him.
- You'll miss him even
more if I sell this land.
What's left of him is here.
- Jesus, what's a bloke supposed to do.
It's my one chance to
get out of the shop.
- And they all lived
happily ever after.
- Harry tells me you're just finished
drawing another children's book.
- When did he mention that?
In between you bitching about
taz and asking for more money?
- My husband is here.
- Is he?
♪ I have to pinch myself to feel ♪
♪ if what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves we steal ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine, a loaf
of bread and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket underneath
that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
- Hello?
- Hi, Janine it's lil.
Hello, Janine.
How lovely it is to hear your voice.
- What do you want, lil?
- What the hell did you do to Perry?
- What?
- Why doesn't he wanna
have anymore kids?
Cat got your tongue?
- Right, Perry told me.
- Told you what?
- That you've split up.
- He told you that?
- He was upset.
- Go away.
- You been drinking?
Janine just called.
- Oh, of course she did.
I can't believe you told her.
- Oh here we go.
- You make me sick Perry.
- You've just bloody wacked me.
- Get out.
♪ Gonna sit myself down ♪
♪ and write you a love letter ♪
♪ gonna dream all the time ♪
♪ when my life is better ♪
Hi you've phoned lil, Perry
lives somewhere else.
♪ This is my only friend ♪
♪ this is my only friend ♪
- Hey.
- I thought you said you're
gonna make me breakfast?
- I know, a big fires broken
out in the state forest.
- Hey, did you speak to your mum again?
- No.
I reckon you're my family now.
- Does that mean you're thinking
about becoming a Burke?
- Get some rest before you go
into the station, alright?
- Yeah, yeah I'll just go
in and see what's goin' on.
- All right?
- Hey as if you wouldn't.
- See ya.
- Bye.
- Moss
river captain this firecom,
are you there?
Moss river captain.
- Firecom lost river captain, blue.
- Bakka,
tuza forest has gone up
but tuza is already on the scene.
They're requesting further assistance.
Can you send two trucks?
- Yep, copy that.
- There's just no bloody
moisture in the air.
- Yeah, shh, shh.
- Tuza one blue.
- Tuza one
this is firecom, go ahead.
- Tell
lost river to get here
as soon as possible.
We may also need another brigade.
Copy that tuza one,
I'll page ingram.
Firecom clear.
- Okay well we'll send two crews out.
Patto can you take the count one.
How many we got?
- This is it man.
- What about Louisa?
- She's waterin' our
veggies, she can do tonight.
- Well has anyone seen don't argue?
I'll take that as a no.
Jesus Christ, what's the point
of having 45 active members
if none of them show up.
Okay, let's go, let's go.
- Patto, you go.
I'm gonna stay and get a
second crew together.
- Yeah hey, bakka.
Listen, I'm all right for today
but I've got a big job on up
north for a couple of months.
I gotta get going tomorrow.
- What do you mean?
Patto you can't go tomorrow.
- Sorry bakka, I need the money.
- Yeah I know you do but mate,
this is gonna be a big one.
Can't you give them a call and explain?
What if the fire comes to lost river?
- I can't lose my job.
- Firecom this is lost river one.
- Go
ahead lost river one.
- Traveling out with a crew of five.
Oic in-
- Can you go out?
- No I've just come back from work,
I'll come in later if you want.
- Oh yeah I really need a hand here.
- No I can't, I need home for a kip.
- Yep Dave.
- Joey can you answer that phone, mate?
- In about half an hour, bakka.
- Yep.
- I'm goin' as fast as I can.
- Well where are ya?
- I'm at work.
- Could you get the fire phone, Fifi?
- Fox cove firecom.
- There's a fire
heading towards our place.
- Yep, what's the address.
- 16 banksy
drive, wollombi creek.
- Got another fire at wollombi creek.
- We'll page every brigade,
put them on standby.
And get some coms people in here.
- Now based on the
information from tuza,
we think it's here.
- Where's the new fire, Fifi?
- They're saying it's
at wollombi creek.
So it's just down this track.
- All right don't send ingram
to the perty trigg fires,
send him to the new
fire at wollombi creek.
I'll get fox cove to join them.
Do we have the latest weather forecast?
- Yeah.
- Yeah it's not looking too good.
I don't like the look of
this here north of ingram.
We might need to get some
air support I think.
- Expected to reach 40 degrees,
north westerlies are on their way.
At 60 k's per hour.
- Lost river or tuza, yeah?
- It's patto here.
- Hey mate.
- Give a state obstacle.
- We've got a problem.
- Lost river ones on the scene.
They're trying to get another
crew out on the cat 7.
Okay doke mate.
- It's 9
am and it's 36 degrees.
The temperatures expected to
climb to 41 degrees today.
And there is a total fire
ban in most of the state.
- G'day.
- I hope you weren't following
me, constable Jones.
- You left your bag on the back.
- Well I don't think anyone's
gonna Nick it, do you?
- You didn't have your
helmet on sharpie.
- Mike, I was just practicing
up and down the drive.
- Yeah righto.
Just, reminder, make
sure you wear it ay?
- Righto.
- Was there something else, constable?
- Those friends Hank had
up a couple of weeks ago,
the rabbit hunting friends.
Well, Chris towsen fly,
I think his name was.
He got picked up, yeah down
in Sydney for ram raiding.
Anyway I just thought you should know.
- Yeah, thanks mate.
- Hey.
- Hello.
- Svettie, how are ya?
- Svettie.
- Yeah, hi, hi sharpie.
I have to talk to you.
I have to harvest now.
- Copy that, yeah I'm on my way.
- We have to do it.
- It's not worth the risk.
- There is no choice.
There is no choice.
- It's not worth the risk
until the birds come in-
- I'm really sorry, I've gotta go.
- Next time, ay?
- Okay.
See you later.
- Bye.
- Yep, we're sorting it
out as fast as we can.
Yep.
- You gonna be all right.
- You are goin' to have to do something
they're all asking the same questions.
- Yeah.
Do you think you can manage that?
- I need to get some sleep.
- Well go and have a
kip in the bunk room.
- Lost river rfs.
- Railway station here.
- Hi, it's Ron rigby calling.
I live up on fox cove road.
- Yeah g'day rob, it's bakka here mate.
- Just thought I'd let ya know,
there's a lot of smoke in the area.
- Yeah well fires pretty well contained
in the state forest for now.
- Lost river this is firecom.
- Yeah hold on, rob.
- Firecom, lost river.
- Have you organized
that second crew yet?
- Yeah I'm just on my way out now.
- Send them out but Bryce
wants you to stay put
and organize a couple
of crews for tonight.
- Oh okay copy that, what's
it look like out there?
- We're gonna need
everyone you've got.
Firecom clear.
- Ah yeah, Brian.
- Yeah mate?
- Can you tell don't argue
to take the cat seven out
without me, he's in charge.
Sorry rob.
- Yeah, right well I
think it might've jumped
because it's a lot of smoke
and the wind is pretty strong out here.
- Mate you are nowhere near the fire.
Okay look, I'm gonna organize
a meeting at the BOLO.
To let everyone know what
information I've got.
Can you let everyone know that you can?
- Yeah righto.
- Okay, thanks mate.
Joey.
No, no don't worry about that.
Can you leg it down to the BOLO?
Set it up for a meeting?
- Yeah.
- Grab some pamphlets on the way out.
- Oh yeah.
- Tell everyone that you see
and maybe let Mike Jones know
as well on the radio station.
- Hi, you've phoned lil.
Perry lives somewhere else.
- Lil, I'm just tryna put a
crew together for tonight.
We're gonna need you.
Fire's poppin' up all over the place
and it's not lookin' great.
There's also a meeting
at the BOLO at mid day.
It'd be really good,
well it'd be really good
if you could get there.
Okay, bye.
- This is lost river 15.
I'm at Katherine field.
It's a vacant lot.
There's nothin' here.
Do you have any more
information for me?
Negative on that one.
That's all we've got.
- Have you an informant on the job?
- Hey guess what Mike?
It's anonymous, I'm sorry.
Typical isn't it?
- Right.
That's all right.
All the time in the
world, just drive around.
Nothing else to do.
C'mon.
C'mon.
C;Mon I'll take on the lot of ya.
- G'day bakka.
- Hey Jeff.
- How bad is it?
- Haven't got a good feeling in my gut.
- You might wanna know,
I've sold the land.
To twelve green developments.
- Is this a good time to tell me that?
- You should also know
I'll be putting the money
into a trust for your children.
- What do you want?
Do you expect em to be grateful?
- I'm doing it for your own good.
You'll thank me one day.
- Yeah what about Joey,
is Joey gonna thank you?
- They'll be a third to him
as long as there's a DNA test
for the baby.
- I can't talk to you about
this right now, uncle Jeff.
- Perry?
- You need a
break from all this.
- You need a break.
- I don't mean from you,
I mean you and me together.
We need a break.
Day, night, you and me.
Wipe the slate clean.
No past lives.
No more talk about babies.
Just you and me.
We need to discover each other again.
You know?
Just go with it, see
where it takes us okay?
- Look, this could be it.
Now there's no way we're gonna hold 'em
and with those winds they may join up.
If they do it'll move into fox cove
and then maybe do the
whole bloody area.
- Could everybody shut up?
- Or if you don't have
to be in here, move out.
Don't make me get ugly guys.
- You already are, boss.
- All right we've got five
hours to three o'clock.
The strategies we put into place now
are working towards that danger period.
Fifi if you get onto state
operations about the aircraft.
We've got three fires with
a potential linking up.
- Four.
We've got four fires.
There's one by tuza road.
- Jeez it's hot isn't it?
- Don't come round tomorrow
he's figured somethings up.
- What happens
if the fire comes at us
from three directions?
Like it did in '83?
- In those circumstances,
a section 44 may be declared.
Now for those of you who don't know.
Section 44 comes from
the rural fires act.
It would be declared if the fire
got beyond the control
of all of the brigades
in the fox cove area.
Now that's not likely to happen
but if it does, it means
we'll start to see resources
from all over the state
come in and help us.
But like I say, these are
all just precautions.
I'm just letting you know
of the possibilities.
The seriousness of the situation.
Stay informed.
Listen to the radio for local reports.
Drop into the station, give us a call.
Anything that'll put your mind at ease.
Speak to one another,
act as a community.
Okay are there any more questions?
Yep.
No?
All right well, thanks for coming.
Listen to the radio.
- You've gotta wait,
they won't be ready yet.
- I have to talk to ya Mike.
- Okay.
- Svettie, what's goin' on?
Why's Mike following you around?
- Because I wear a skirt.
- What?
- He chases skirts, any skirts.
- What?
Mike?
- He's had half the women in town.
- How come you never told me that?
- Because I thought
you've heard the rumors.
That's why eris tried to shoot fugley.
- What?
- 'Cause he found out she
was sleeping with someone.
- Does eris know that?
- No.
But I think Fran bell's husband knows
and Marlene definitely does.
- Svettie?
- Yah?
I've gotta go, I'll be back later.
- Bakka, got somethin' for ya.
- Oh where's q when you need him ay?
- You better get out there
and stop that fire mate.
I don't want my lawn gettin' burned.
If you know what I mean.
- Fee,
can you get my wife on the line please?
- I've got a weather
forecast update, Bryce.
There's northwesterly winds
comin' in at 60 k's.
- Hello.
- Hey mrs Austin,
it's Fifi. - Oh hi.
- Yeah Bryce wants a word with you.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Yeah Angie, things
aren't looking too good.
You might like to start putting
some things in the car.
No, no that won't be safe enough.
Fi, if you just shut the door please?
Yeah I'm not too sure.
- Joey.
Joey.
- What are you tryin'
to wake me up for.
- I need my keys.
- What?
- My keys to the cruiser.
- They're on the table, sharpie.
- Thanks mate.
- I thought you were
gonna get some sleep?
- They're predicting a southwesterly.
- When?
- Sometime tomorrow.
- Fires gonna come
straight at lost river.
- Yeah, correct.
- Be all right if we a back
burn in the cathedrals.
But you're gonna have to
stay here tonight mate.
You're not gonna be able to go to work.
Can you go over to lil's place?
She's not answering,
tell her we need her.
Now would be good.
- Yep.
- Lost
river 15 there is a report
of some suspicious
activity near deep creek.
If you could check burnin' fires.
- Lost river 15, is there
any informant on that job?
Negative on that one,
anonymous informant again.
- Ta.
Bloody waste of time.
- Hey lil.
- Hey, hi.
- You okay?
- I took a couple sleeping
tablets last night,
I feel a bit woozy.
Perry.
Sorry.
- First rule of fight club,
never talk about fight club.
Perry, how's it goin'?
- Shit actually.
- See you both later.
- Right, well I better get back.
All right well, just come up
to the station if you want.
Reckon it's gonna be a long night.
- I don't wanna talk to you, lil.
- Aw Perry, I'm so sorry.
- About what?
- About your nose, I didn't
think I hit you that hard.
I feel a bit sick.
- I'm not really feeling
anything at the moment.
- So clear aren't you?
- I've been through this before.
♪ I'm on a foggy highway ♪
♪ I'm on a lonely road ♪
♪ I can't see the way ahead ♪
♪ I'm on a highway ♪
♪ I'm on a lonely road ♪
♪ I'm alone and alone with this world ♪
- Aw svettie.
- Lost river 15,
prosecutors from fox cove
court require you urgently
to give evidence in a
domestic violence matter.
- Copy that fox cove command,
I'll be there in about 40 minutes.
I'm presently on a patrol
in the deep creek area.
Copy that lost river 15,
can you return there after
your court appearance, please?
- Copy that.
- It's three o'clock, it's
gonna jump somewhere.
- Is your house organized, Bryce?
- All right we've got wollombi creek,
perty trigg, talbert.
It's heading for the tuza road.
This is an area of concern here.
- Firecom's lost river.
- We need to back burn this area
- lost river go ahead.
- But I don't think we'll
be able to get in there
till tonight. -
What are we doin'
about the south westerly?
- We're tryna organize
a burn at ingram.
- What about the cathedrals?
- Negative on that back burn.
Not until we get permission.
- No can do, bakka.
- The area of concern
right now is fox cove.
We've got 24 hours
before they change. - What?
- The fires no where near lost river.
We'll probably be sending you out
near ingram later this evening.
- Copy that.
- Cheers mate.
Don't know about about lil.
- They're not gonna let us
back burn the cathedrals.
- What?
- Too busy worrying about fox cove.
- Well it'll be slow.
Probably end up burnin'
Jeff's bloody land anyway.
- You haven't spoken to
uncle Jeff, have you?
He's sold the land.
- What?
- He's putting the money
in trusts for our kids.
Yeah I know it's not right.
- Not right?
Who the hell does he think he is?
Bypass us and give it to our kids.
- I know.
- Sucker me into it
when I didn't want anything
to do with it anyway.
Jesus Christ he makes me sick.
He thinks my kid is gonna be
some better version of me.
He doesn't even know it yet.
- I know.
Wants you to do a DNA test as well.
- Well he can have his bloody money
and shove it up his arse.
And I hope you told him that too.
- You're worried about the test?
- Oh man, you really
don't get it do you?
- Oh don't pull the
principle shit with me.
I mean Jesus, it's not that big a deal.
Okay?
So our kids will get some money.
- You know what?
You're exactly like him.
You're 36 and you're still
waiting for that bloody land
or any other little handout
you can get from Jeff.
You can't even stand
on your own two feet.
You're tragic.
- You know what,
I should have insisted
you get some sleep.
- Yeah and what's your excuse?
Firecom lost river one red.
- Lost river one go ahead.
The perty trigg fire
isn't holding.
Looks like it's gonna join
up with the talbert fire.
- Copy that.
- Right, just don't talk to me
unless it's the captain of lost river
talkin' to a deputy captain.
- Hello.
- Hey.
Lil, where've you been?
We need you to-
- I didn't know where else to go.
- No hey, that's all right.
People have been comin' to
the station for that reason
for years.
So just...
You all right?
- Not yet but I'm going
to be a gay divorcee.
- Well I'm sure the only man
who's gonna be upset about that
is gonna be Perry.
I mean...
- No.
- That you are...
Yeah you know what I mean.
We got a southwesterly comin'.
- Right so we're off to do a back burn.
- No, firecom won't let us.
They want us to do a back
burn near ingram first.
- Well what use is that to us?
- They're wasting their bloody time.
- We gotta higher priority
on the ingram burn.
And Bryce reckons we've got 24 hours
before we have to worry
about lost river.
- Hi, what are we doing?
Where are we goin'?
- Just take it easy, Ali, all right?
- Look I need some more drippy,
it's bloody hot out there.
- There ya go, you can get us
some more drip torch fuel.
- Rightyo.
- Hey listen, patto, we're
gonna need you mate.
I know it's a big ask but can
you tell them you'll be there
in a couple of days?
- I'll think about it.
- Thank you.
You all right lil?
- Course she's right, why
wouldn't she be all right?
- Okay well lil, Joey, Ali,
Gary you come with me.
- Should I go out in the cat 7.
- Deputy captain Joey
Burke will come with me.
Mark, you take the cat 7
with the rest of the crew.
Firecom will tell us where to go
but we'll probably be separated
so just make sure you
assess the situation first
before you go in.
- Good luck mate.
- Ta.
- Lost river one,
firecom are you traveling?
- Lost river one firecom.
Yeah Fifi, we're on our way.
- Firecom, clear.
- Winds aren't helping.
You know we need the cool
down so we can get out there
and back burn.
- That was fox cove one.
Wollombi creek is in trouble.
All right take the
resources off tuza road
and send them to wollombi creek.
We'll use the river as a
containment line here.
- What about the house in that area.
- Do we need
to send someone over there
to get them out?
- It's his house.
I thought the motto of
the rural fire services
was to not lose any houses.
- I'm not going to.
- You just put your house at risk.
- It's a calculated risk Fifi,
we have to focus all our
resources on fox cove.
Right now it's one house, any
minute it could be 500 houses.
- Yeah but you can't give up.
- Has LAVON croy sent
that strike team up yet?
- They can't mate, they're
fightin' their own fire.
- You wouldn't be doing this,
if it wasn't your house.
Can't we just leave
one appliance there.
The fire might not jump again
and if it does they can
get out if they need to.
We can leave janderberg there.
- Commissioner's on the phone.
- All right.
- Dave, have a look at this.
Okay this is what we've got I
don't think it's gonna hold.
- Brian.
- Yes mate.
- Have a look at this.
This is the end of the day.
Just gonna have to wait for the
chopper to come back, yeah?
Okay everyone, listen up
we're not in panic mode yet
but the break they burnt today
is not quite wide enough
and the fires catching up.
They're worried it's
topping into the trees
over the fire break.
The choppers been over this side.
He's gone to refuel and he'll come back
give us another situation report.
We could end up caught
between a couple of fires.
With any luck that won't happen.
With any luck, it'll cool down.
We can get out there and
do some back burning.
Put your helmet on lil.
So for now, we've just gotta sit tight.
And wait to be given the order.
Simple as that.
Is that understood?
- I know MacKenzie's been out
but we should probably just check on
how much water everyone's got.
- Yeah right, Brian?
- About a quarter tank.
- Dave?
- Yeah we're full.
- Okay.
Well let's transfer some water
from Edward to MacKenzie to start with.
Get amongst it.
Give 'em a hand will ya?
- Anyone heard from janderberg
on tuza road, lately?
- No we haven't.
- Temperatures down
but it's still about 38 and
the winds are picking up.
- Right.
Firecom fox cove one,
red, red, red.
- Fox cove one go ahead.
- Fire
crossing the containment line.
We can't hold it here.
- Take jandenberg off tuza road.
- Copy that fox cove one.
We're gonna get jandenberg
brigade out to you.
Copy that firecom.
- Jandenberg one this is firecom.
Firecom this is jandenberg one
if we pull out of tuza road now,
we're gonna lose this house.
- Copy that jandenberg one,
you'll have to lose it.
So we'll use the river
as a containment line.
We need you at wollombi creek now.
Copy that firecom.
- Firecom lost river one, blue.
- Firecom, go ahead lost river one.
- Request for mission to a
back burn in the cathedrals.
If the ingram burn is aborted.
Over.
- Negative lost river one.
Firecom clear.
- Firecom lost river one blue.
- Bakka you don't know what's going on.
Just stand by.
- When that south westerly hits
the fire is gonna head
directly for lost river Fifi.
- Unless you wanna be
taken off the fire gun
you will do as you're told.
You understand lost river one?
- Yeah copy that.
- Firecom clear.
- We said we'd give it a year.
- I said two.
God whoever said this
was a simple life?
- What about yesterday morning.
- Lil?
- The mist was rising
up from the- - what you doin'?
- Our kids would
probably get lost in it
and missed on the way home from school.
- Lil.
- Hey, leave her alone mate.
Lil, c'mon.
- Confirming
the fires coming up both sides
of those grooves.
Road outta there is
gonna be blocked soon.
- Right copy that firebird 242.
- Who's sitting in here?
- Lost river, atwood and MacKenzie.
- Get them out.
- Where's Joey?
Ah.
Hey Dave, have you got everyone?
- Yeah.
- Ryan what about you?
- Yeah right we're all on.
- Okay.
Let's get outta here.
Okay let's get out of here.
Jesus Christ.
- Fox cove and jandenberg
held the wollombi creek
containment line.
Moving jandenberg did the trick then.
You were right.
You okay, Bryce?
- Yeah I'm fine.
- For Christ sake Bryce.
- What fi?
What would you have done?
We held the south end of the fire
and we bought 12 hours.
We can survive through the night
until the strike teams get here.
Can you give state ops a call
and then you may as well go home.
- I'm fine here with you.
- No we don't know how
long this is gonna last.
You need some rest.
- Do you want me to go and
see your wife for you?
- No.
See ya.
- I'm so sorry.
- Section 44, it's gotten serious.
- Oh I could've told you
that this afternoon.
All four fires have joined up.
That south westerly hits,
firecom is gonna have to concentrate
on lost river.
- How long do you reckon we've got?
- All that hazard reduction
we did up at hungry hill
will give us a bit of time.
- Yeah so we can get out
there tomorrow afternoon
and assess the situation.
It's pretty good.
- I should probably go and
check on the trails we cut.
- Yeah there's gonna be a lot
of people stressing out.
- So we're all gonna have to
pull together on this one, ay?
- Yep.
- Hey bakka, I've talked to my boss.
He's okay for me to stick
around for a few more days.
- Good on ya patto.
- You okay fif?
- Yeah.
I'm not.
Bryce lost his house today.
- Oh.
- He was just sitting
there barking out orders
while he lost everything.
- Oh shit.
- Yeah.
- Did it work?
- Yeah it bought us a few extra hours.
What would you have
done and you were Bryce
and that was me at home alone?
- I reckon I'd leave heaven for you fi.
- Maybe I should stay
here with you tonight.
'Cause you probably have
to go out again soon, ay?
Okay.
- Think they want us right down here.
- It's the same bloody fire grid.
- Got over about 100 snacks
or do you blokes need a feed?
- Oh good on you mate.
- Fire up the Barbie?
- Yeah thanks.
- Hey bek, you seen svettie?
- Yeah, yeah she's comin'.
- Oh good.
- Hey dad.
- Hey darling.
Hey partner.
- We were worried.
- Don't worry everything's
gonna be all right.
Hi.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Fire's gonna come to lost river.
I mean, it's only a question of when
and how well prepared we are
but I'm gonna check the houses
you okay?
- Huh?
- Svettie what is it?
You can tell me?
- That was my hero.
- Hey.
- Fee, what the hell happened today?
- Bakka, Bryce lost his house today.
While you were at ingram hassling us.
Yeah, he didn't have any man power.
So he uses the river next to his house
as a containment line.
- I'da thought the fire would know
how to steer clear of the
fire control officers house.
- I don't think this fire
knows the rule book Doug.
- So fif what's the latest.
- Okay.
- You okay lil?
- The fires have all joined up here.
And the north westerlies are
pushing them towards fox cove.
- So what about us?
- We'll have to wait and see.
- Which way is it going
to hit lost river?
- If it jumps here-
- Which it will do
when the southwesterly comes.
- It'll go through the cathedral's
and up towards lost river.
- Which is hwy you have to get
us into cathedrals tomorrow.
- Look bakka, it's not up to me.
- What's the chance of it
getting into deep creek?
- After what I saw today I
think anythings possible.
- Just like it was sort of back
burnin' up towards the road.
- Really?
- Like all these spiders
were comin' out and-
- catch you later.
- I suppose bakka told you
that I've sold the land.
- Yeah and my kid doesn't
need that money, thanks.
- I take it that means you do
have a doubt about the child?
- Nah, no doubt uncle Jeff.
The only doubt I got
is about my family.
You know what?
You both have got nothing I want.
- He'll be back for it.
- No he won't.
You know, I see you with my kids.
And I can see that
you're a human being.
- You don't have any
tomato sauce, bakka?
- Yeah ginge, I'll just
check for you mate.
- Yeah thanks mate.
- Svettie I've been tryna
catch up with you all day.
And I mean all day.
- Now is not a good time.
- Mike can I have a word with you?
- Stay away from my wife.
- You've got the wrong idea, mate.
- I know what you're doin' mate.
I won't tell you again,
stay away from my wife.
- Bakka, if I were you,
I'd keep my eye on her.
You need to protect her.
She's her own worst enemy.
- Who wants this?
You gotta breathe lil.
In one, two, three.
Out one, two, three.
Slow down.
C'mon it's okay.
In one, two, three.
Listen to me lil.
Slow down.
Okay.
We're all gonna stay here tonight.
Probably have to go out
again soon anyway.
- I don't know if I can.
Ever wanted to be something else?
Feel if I can put my hand
up there, I can grab it.
If I close my eyes and
just see it all.
- C'mon.
Food's back there.
- You go, I'll be there in a minute.
- Okay.
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